Sandy Garossino

Sandy Garossino is a former Crown prosecutor and prominent media commentator. Winner of 'Best Column' in Canada in the 2017 Canadian Online Publishing Association's awards, Garossino used to own three Metro Vancouver taxi companies, which together formed the largest privately held fleet of taxis in Western Canada. She is active in private investments and incubating businesses through global partnerships, primarily in Asia.

Yet even if Kinder Morgan clears the hurdle of a First Nations court challenge and First Nations activism, it must then confront formidable opposition from BC environmental activists. For better or worse, not every goal a government sets is politically achievable.

This was the year that transformed Donald Trump from buffoon candidate into president of the United States and sent the globe careening toward the precipice over which it now teeters. It was the year the world began to comprehend how deeply Russian propaganda has penetrated the American psyche. They used a wholly unexpected and lethal weapon — our own irresistible addiction to the Internet.

As Americans and millions around the world sit transfixed by the news emerging from the Mueller investigation, one question seems glaringly absent.
How did a guy like Trump elude major scrutiny by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the IRS, gambling regulators and every other major police agency for his entire adult life?